Three paedophile teachers worked together at the same school in Essex before their crimes came to light.

Lee Brumby, Thomas Rodgers and Craig Keane all worked at Mayflower High School in Billericay in 2012 before they were convicted of sexual offences against children.

Their crimes did not involve pupils at the school and came after separate investigations, the council said.

Brumby, 64, was headteacher of the co-educational school when he was arrested in 2022. He was given a 16-year sentence at Basildon Crown Court last week for five historic sexual offences, including raping a child.

His victim told the court she lived in ‘constant fear’ after the abuse and said she didn’t know if she would ‘ever truly feel safe again’.

Brumby, who once worked at a girls’ school in Southend, was head

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